hierarchy <-ies> [ˈhaɪərɑ:kɪ, Am ˈhaɪrɑ:r-] N
1. hierarchy (system):
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2. hierarchy (heads of organization):
- hierarchy
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In 1884, mildew was responsible for a complete upheaval in the usual hierarchy of the great growths.
en.wikipedia.org The hierarchy is not strictly branching; each supracontext can itself be a subcontext of several others, and can have several subcontexts.
en.wikipedia.org An example of a linear hierarchy is the hierarchy of life.
en.wikipedia.org Another aspect of food offerings is the hierarchy that foods have.
en.wikipedia.org One late text describes a complex hierarchy of three "archiboukoloi", seven "boukoloi hieroi" and eleven "boukoloi".
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